{"id":18081,"date":"2016-02-15T09:32:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=18081"},"modified":"2016-02-15T09:32:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T09:32:45","slug":"essential-covers-sophie-ray-lovin-you-minnie-riperton-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/essential-covers-sophie-ray-lovin-you-minnie-riperton-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Covers: Sophie Ray &#8211; &#8216;Lovin&#8217; You&#8217; (Minnie Riperton Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/01\/essential-covers-molly-anna-band-ashes-to-ashes\/essential-covers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=1502%2C862&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1502,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essential Covers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essential Covers\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>This week&#8217;s Essential Cover is in honour of St Valentine! Alt Soul singer, Sophie Ray gives us her take on Minnie Riperton&#8217;s &#8216;Loving You&#8217; (and YES she can hit those high notes!).<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18082\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/essential-covers-sophie-ray-lovin-you-minnie-riperton-cover\/sophie-ray-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Sophie Ray 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-1.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18082\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sophie Ray 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sophie, from Tring, in Hertfordshire, is a singer songwriter who accompanies her beautiful voice with the piano. A classically trained vocalist, her music is soul-influenced, and this has garnered her attention across the UK including on BBC Introducing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lgzJjWxJq0A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sophie has two EPs, &#8216;Treading Water&#8217;, and &#8216;Fiction Of You&#8217;, both of which are available to download from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/artist\/sophie-ray\/id620548606\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> and as CDs from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sophieraymusic.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/essential-covers-sophie-ray-lovin-you-minnie-riperton-cover\/sophie-ray-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-3.png?fit=1002%2C1004&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1002,1004\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Sophie Ray 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-3.png?fit=640%2C641&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18084\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sophie-Ray-3.png?resize=640%2C641&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sophie Ray 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"641\" \/><br \/>\nYou can\u00a0next\u00a0catch Sophie performing live on Friday 26 February at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/25666729-sophie-ray-at-watford-colosseum?utm_source=9288&amp;utm_medium=partner\" target=\"_blank\">Watford Colosseum, Watford<\/a>, and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/25201204-sophie-ray-at-lusty-glaze-beach?utm_source=9288&amp;utm_medium=partner\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Glaze Beach, Newquay<\/a>, on Friday March 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Sophie online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sophieraymusic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SophieRayMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sophieraymusic\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.spotify.com\/artist\/5KfiVY0YXi0T41tmNa8yhH\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, and her official website. 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